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Institute of Urban Life, Chicago, IL. – 1998
During the 1995-96 school year, the 387 nonpublic schools of Chicago (Illinois) enrolled 104,636 students, while the 550 public schools had an enrollment of 412,921. One of every five Chicago students attended a nonpublic school. About 10% of Chicago private school students are in schools that cater to the upper and middle class, but the majority,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Gold, Martin; Mattick, Hans W. – 1974
The Chicago Youth Development Project was an action-research program jointly undertaken by the Chicago Boys Club and the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research to test whether a program of aggressive street work and community organization in the core of a city could reduce delinquency among youth living there. The report presents a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency